Checking Out Me History Flashcards

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‘Dem tell me Dem tell me’

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The use of repetition here creates an accusatory tone, showing the speakers anger’

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‘Bandage up me eye’

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This has injury-like connotations which imply that the speaker feels he has been hurt by his sheltered upbringing

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‘Toussaint’

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The italics used here highlight the two accounts of history being distinctly separate

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‘de cow who jump over de moon’

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This phrase from the semantic field of childhood implies that the speaker feels he has lost his childhood and is stuck in the past

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